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Cockney Wenlock. Note the Apples and Pears.

London 2012 Mascots Decorate Town

Wenlock and Mandeville’s clone army.

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Policeman Wenlock: Amazon Reviews

Olympic mascot finds a cult following…

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Naughty Olympic Street Art On Brick Lane

Mandeville and his special friend.

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Olympic Mascots Ridiculed From Every Angle

Well, it was always going to happen, wasn’t it? Had the Olympic organisers reanimated Frank Lloyd Wright, William Morris and Harry Beck to work on the mascots we’d still have sneered at the outcome. That’s what people do when big organisations try and get all …

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Meet The 2012 Olympic Mascots

Blithely tossing away the proud history of anthropomorphic mascots, the 2012 Olympic organisers today unveiled the two animated beasties that will embody the spirit of the Games, before being callously forgotten the moment the closing ceremony wraps. The bizarre animations are called Mandeville and Wenlock, …

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Olympic Mascot Brief Is Go

After whimsical mascot musings back in June and a BBC competition hijacked by B3ta, perhaps that sock puppet really does sum up the 2012 Olympics with its “cosy”, cut price approach compared to the extravagance of Beijing. We’ll soon see as the mascot brief is …

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Free The Rubbish Truck Mascots!

North London rubbish collectors, Haringey Enterprise, have been ordered to remove any soft toys they may have strapped to the front of their trucks as they pose a risk to small children who might be drawn to said, abducted squishies and thereby get squishied themselves, …